This map and the Militia District information is posted with permission of the
of the author of the book "An 1800 Census for Lincoln County, Georgia", Frank
Parker Hudson. This book was compiled from tax records for 1801 and 1802.
If you want a lookup from this book, contact Liz
Nash.

Militia Districts in Georgia are political subdivisions which might
be called districts, beats, parishes and possibly other names in
other states and would pertain to where and whom taxes were paid, and
where one voted among other things. The Tax Digests are the most important use of these
genealogically as they often are the only census subsititute for the early
census records. The letters in bold type where assigned by Mr. Hudson and
the numbers in bold are still in use much unchanged today and can be seen on
many modern maps. The Wilkes County districts are included to help those
researchers who need to find information about Lincoln County settlers before it
was carved out of Wilkes County in 1796. Click here for more
information about the origins of the militia districts.

Table 1: WILKES COUNTY, GA., CAPTAINS OF MILITIA DISTRICT COMPANIES,
1785-1795, IN THE AREA WHICH BECAME LINCOLN COUNTY IN 1796

Author's
Symbol

1785

1786

1787

1788

1789

1790

D

Douglas

Ware

Ware

Ware

Ware

Ware

G

Walker

Walker¹

Walker¹

Walker

Walker

Holiday

H

Talbot¹

Talbot

Talbot

Talbot

E

York²

York

Smith

Smith

Smith

F

Davis

Parkes²

Hughes

Hughes

Hughes

Hughes

C

Arrington

Arrington

Arrington

Walton

Walton

Walton

R

Pope

Pope

Pope

Burke

Burke

Pope

1791

1792

1793

1794

1795

D

Lamar

Lamar

Ware

Ware

Ware

G

McKinney

McKinney4

Binion

Binion

Binion

H

Talbot

Talbot

Piper4

Piper

Piper5

E

Zimmerman

Zimmerman

Zimmerman

Zimmerman

Zimmerman6

F

Hughes

Hughes

Woolridge

Woolridge

Woolridge

C

Walton

Walton

Steel

Ragland

Steel

R

Pope

Pope

Wooten

Wooten

Wooten7

1. Walker's District (G) split after 1786. Part of same are found in Talbot's District (H) thereafter.
2. Davis's District (F) split after 1785. Part of same are found in York's District (E) thereafter.
3. Arrington's (also recorded as "Harrington") District (C) split after 1785. Some taxpayers may be found in Richard Heard's District (A) in 1787 and in Districts A and B thereafter.
4. McKinney's District (G) split after 1792. Some forty-odd taxpayers wereput into Piper's District (H) for 1793. Those
taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found thereafter in District G.
5. Piper's District (H) split in 1795 in formation of Lincoln County. Those taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found thereafter in District G.
6. Zimmerman's District (E) in 1795 split in formation of Lincoln County. Twenty-three taxpayers left in Wilkes County are identified in the 1796 Wilkes County tax digest and were put into Capt. S. Thornton's District (I) in 1797.
7. Woolen's District (R) 1795 split in formation of Lincoln County. Those taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found

1. Fleming's (DF), 1807, was taken out of
Farror's (D) and May(s) (F) of 1806.

Author's
Symbol

District
Number

1811

1812

1813

1814

1815

1816

D

182

Leverett

Jeter

Jeter

Jeter

Jeter

Jeter

GD

183

Binion

Covington

Covington

Covington

Covington

Eubanks

G

184

Gartrell

Gartrell

Gartrell

Gartrell

Gartrell

Walker

E

185

Sims

Sims

Sims

Sims

Sims

Sims

F

186

Turman

May(s)

May(s)

May(s)

May(s)

May(s)

CF

187

McDowell

McDowell

McDowell

Stinson

Stinson

Smith

C

188

Wiseman

Tatom

Tatom

Tatom

Tatom

Overstreet

DF

269

Jeter

Parks

Parks

Parks

Parks

Parks

Author'sSymbol

DistrictNumber

1817

1818

1819

1820

1821

1822

D

182

Jeter

Jeter

Jeter

Jeter

Leverett

Leverett

GD

183

Graves

Graves

Graves

Graves

Graves

Graves

G

184

Walker

Walker

Walker

Walker

Walker

Walker

E

185

Glaze

Glaze

Jones

Jones

Jones

Frazier

F

186

May(s)

Tatom

Tatom

Tatom

Tatom

Blalock

CF

187

Smith

Stokes

Stokes

Stokes

Stokes

Stokes

C

188

Thompson

Thompson

Thompson

Anthony

Anthony

Anthony

DF

269

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Author's
Symbol

DistrictNumber

1823

1824

1825

1826

1827

1828

D

182

Leverett

Leverett

Leverett

Leverett

Leverett

Leverett

GD

183

Graves

Graves

Graves

Winn

Winn

Bentley

G

184

Walker

Wheat

Gideon

Jeter

Jeter

Walker

E

185

Frazier

Frazier

Frazier

Frazier

Ross

Ross

F

186

Tebow

Phipps

Lonnergin

Hardy

Hardy

Campbell

CF

187

Statham

Statham

Prather

Prather

Bostick

Bostick

C

188

Beaman

Beaman

Beaman

Wigginton

Wigginton

Cole

DF

269

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Parkes

Author's
Symbol

DistrictNumber

1829

1830

1830Census

D

182

Leverett

Leverett

Leverett

GD

183

Bentley

Graves

Graves

G

184

Walker

Woods

Woods

E

185

Ross

Stokes

Stokes

F

186

Campbell

Walker

McMillan2

CF

187

Bostick

Bostick

Bostick

C

188

Cole

Benson

Benson

DF

269

Parkes

Lockhart

Lockhart

2. The 1830 Census shows the 186th District commanded by David McMillan, but no commission is found for him and he is not in the tax digests. Commission records and tax digests indicate James McMillan as captain of this District, effective as of 18 March 1830.

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